#4E255B#4E255B

#4E255B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.101 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E255B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 29.03, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 38.00, 319.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0744 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.101 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6915, 3.6984, 10.3096)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E255B #325B25

analogous

#33255B #4E255B #5B254D

triadic

#4E255B #5B4E25 #255B4E

tetradic

#4E255B #5B3325 #325B25 #254D5B

square

#4E255B #5B3325 #325B25 #254D5B

split-complementary

#4E255B #4D5B25 #255B33

monochromatic

#130916 #29132F #4E255B #733787 #9948B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4E255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E255B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E255B	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19335D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27375A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.101 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81628a',
    500: '#4e255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e255b;
$custom-light: #81628a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.556,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34541,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E255B

secondary

#5D8E4D

accent

#D25674

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E255B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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